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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Construct \Con*struct"\ (k[o^]n*str[u^]kt"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Constructed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Constructing}.] [L. constructus, p. p. of construere to bring together, to construct; con- + struere to pile up, set in order. See {Structure}, and cf. {Construe}.]
1. To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.
2. To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.
Syn: To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate; originate; invent.
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